Welcome to our AFCON 2023 stats centre, the home of official Opta data on African football’s biggest tournament. Here you can find real-time tournament predictions, advanced team and player stats and match centres where you can analyse the data on every game.


Will the tournament bring a first international title for Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, or can his former Premier League teammate Sadio Mané help favourites Senegal defend the trophy?

Will Ivory Coast impress on home soil, or could Victor Osimhen fire Nigeria to glory? Will Manchester United’s André Onana prove his doubters wrong with Cameroon?

Find the numbers behind those stories with Opta Analyst’s Africa Cup of Nations stats hub above.

Predictions: Find each side’s predicted chance of progressing through each stage of the competition according to the Opta supercomputer. The model shows each team’s likely finishing position in the group stage, as well as their odds of reaching each round in the knockout stages.

Fixtures: Analyse official Opta data in real time with dedicated match centres for every game.

Player Stats: Go beyond basic metrics such as goals, assists and clean sheets. Use advanced Opta data to dig into advanced player statistics like expected goals and expected assists. Who are the real hidden gems?

Team Stats: Dig into advanced team stats too. Which teams like to press most aggressively? Who are the most patient in possession? Find that and more in the team stats tab.

Teams Competing in AFCON 2023: Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco, Algeria, South Africa, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Egypt, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Mali, Guinea, Ghana, Angola, Tanzania, Mozambique, DR Congo, Mauritania, Gambia, Cameroon, Namibia


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